Shoe-beating machine.



C. F. BENNION. SHOE BEATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man FEB. 25, 1913.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

' fl NTTED STATEE PATENT @FETCW- CHARLES FAVVCETT BENNION, 0F LEICESTER,ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEWJERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-BEATING MACHINE.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Application filed February 25, 1913. Serial No. 750,545.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Cr-rannns F. BnNNIoN, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, have inventedcertain Improvements in Shoe- Beating Machines, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the. accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating likeparts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for beating or pounding up boots andshoes and is intended to increase the efliciency of such machines byprovision for automatic adjustment to the varying condition of thedifferent parts of work being beaten of a tool which may restsubstantially continuously upon the surface being treated while itreceives beating impulses, thus insuring a more thorough operation onall parts of the work and at the same time rendering it easier tomanipulate the work presented to the machine. I

An example of the type of machine for which this invention has beenadapted is shown in United States Letters Patent No. 1,009,721, grantedNovember 28, 1911. That machine is equipped with a beating device havinga working face which maintains a constant relation to the direction ofmovement of the device.

A feature of the present invention con sists in a beating tool having awork engaging member that is pivotally supported near one edge and isyieldingly supported near its other edge to enable it to move foradapting its angular position to the surface with which it contacts,combined with means for imparting to the tool rapid percussionalimpulses against the work while remainingin substantially continuouscontact with the work.

Another feature of this invention consists in a tool which has twocooperating acting faces which are approximately at right ana gles toeach other, one face being adapted to engage the shoe bottom and theother face being adapted to engagethe side of the shoe. The tool israpidly reciprocated so that a shoe when pressed against itwill receivea series of blows from the saidfaces and thereby be pounded up and haveits edge and the adjacent portions of the side and bottom properlyshaped. i

In the tool as constructed in accordance with a feature of thisinvention the acting faces are located on parts pivoted together in sucha manner that the angle which the faces subtend will be varied to suitthe angular relationship of the different parts of the work as they areoperated upon by the tool. When the tool with its acting faces thusarranged is used on'the heel seat of the shoe, where the angle betweenthe bottom and the sides of the work on either side of the edge varies,the relationship of the acting faces of the tool will automatically bechanged to suit the different portions of the heel seat as they arebrought into contact therewith and consequently the faces of the toolwill simultaneously fully contact withthe material at both sides of theedge, or with the adjacent surfaces of the bottom and side faces ofthelasted shoe. Preferably the tool is constructed with that part whichis provided with one face immovable as regards its angular position, thepart having the other face being pivoted to the immovable part andpressed forwardly by a spring plunger or like device. According to theillustrated construction embodying this feature of the invention theangularly movable part is pivoted to the stationary part about an axisthat is'parallel to both acting faces and that is at or approximately atthe junction .of the said acting faces so that the maximum beatingeffect may be localized close to the angle.

A convenient construction of a machine embodying the invention in whichthe face that engages the shoe bottom is fixed and the face that engagesthe side of the shoe is pivoted will now be described with the aid ofthe accompanying sheet of drawings. It must. be understood, however,that this description is merely illustrative of the preferred way ofcarrying the invention into effect and that the invention is notconfined to the precise construction or to the exact arrangement of theparts.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a transverse section through a lastcarrying a shoe with the't'ool shown in operative relationship theretoat one side, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the tool regarded in thedirection of its acting faces.

In this embodiment of the invention there is a rod 2 which is mounted toslide freely in hearings in the machine frame. The end 3 of the rod 2 isarranged to come within recess 6 is received the cylindrical shapedend?- ofthe movable part8 of the tool. The portion of, the-head 5 from.the line of opening of the recessforms .an acting'face 10 of the toolwhich. as shown in the drawings extends outwardly at an oblique angle tothe line of reciprocation of the tool. The movable part 8 is normallymaintained at sub: stantially the same angle asthe face l0to the line ofreciprocation of, the tool and at approximately a right angle to theportion 10-.by, a plunger 12, The plunger preferably is-l'ocated in arecess 14 in a downwardly extendedportion 15 of the head, a spring 16,

being located inthe recess 14:. at the back of the plunger to propel. itforward. The movable part ofthe toolS is prevented from being pushed bythe spring plunger 12 beyond its normal angular position by pins 18which.

are passed through openings in extensions ofthe cylindrical shaped ends7 of the movable part, the saidextensions projectingbeyond the sidesofthehead'5 so that the pins 1 8',passedtherethrough. are held in contactwith other stop pins 19 projecting from the sides ofthe head 5. Theacting face of the movablepart 01f the toolmay be concaved or recessedasat 2 0'to adapt itself to the curvature of 'the side faceofa shoe.

In operation, when the work is. pressed.

against the tool, the latter will. be moved inwardly to bring the end ofthe rod 2 under theinfiuence of the rotating rolls whereby a seriesoftblows will'beimpa'rtedto the work. Should-the angular relationship ofthe side and bottom of the part of the work being operatedupon vary themovable-part 8 of the tool will bemoved'more or less in opposition tothespring plunger 12 to enable the relationship ofthe acting faces 10,20 of'the fixed and movable parts respectively to be altered to adaptthemselves. to the angular condition of: the part of "the work beingdealt.

with.

Having thus explained the nature of my saidinvention, I claim asnew. anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United.

States;

1. A shoe beating machine having, in combination, a beating tool-thatcomprises two parts having angularly disposed acting faces, one ;of suchparts being pivoted to the other part-aboutan axis that is substantiallyparallel' to both acting 'faces and that is at or approximately at thejunction of the said acting faces, mountings adapted for holding thetool continuously against the edge of a shoe bottom, and operating meansimparting a rapid succession of percussional impulses to the tool whileit is so held against the work.

2. In a machine of the class described, a shoe beating tool comprisingan endwise reciprocating member having a beating face extending at anangle to the direction of reciprocation of the member, a part pivoted tosaid member and having a cooperating beating face normally formingsubstantially the same angle with the direction of reciprocation of saidmember, means for oper ating said tool to cause said faces to beat thestock on opposite sides of the bottom edge line of a shoe, and meansadapted to yield to permit movement of the pivoted part of the tool forincreasing the anglebetween said two beating faces to enable the tool,to beat the material adjacent to the edge of'the shoe bottom atdifferent parts of the shoe irrespective of the angle formed by thebottom and side faces of the shoe.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a shoebeating tool adapted to have substantially continuous contact with thework and to act progressively along the surface being treated, said toolhaving a work engaging member, that is pivotally supported near one edgeand is yieldingly supported near its other edge to enable it to move foradapting; itsangular position to the surface with which it con? tacts,of means for imparting to said tool rapid percussional impulses againstthe work while the tool remains in substantially continuous contact withthe work.

4:. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a tool selfadaptable in shape to the angular edge of; a lasted shoe at differentportions of the shoe bottom, mountings for the tool adaptechto hold itin substantially continuous contact with the work, and means forimparting to the tool rapid percussional impulses toward the Work whilein substantially continuous engagement with the work.

5. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a toolcomprising two plates presenting acting surfaces normally disposedapproximately at right angles to each other and relatively movable aboutacenter located near the junction of said acting facesto vary the sizeof the angle, and means to impart rapid vibrations to said tool whilemaintaining it" in continuous contact with the work between vibrations.

6. A machine of the-class described having, in combination, a movablesupport having a beating face rigidly connected therewith and extendingat an oblique angle to the direction of the movement ofthe support abeating member having an acting face extending from said first mentionedface at a similar angle to said direction of movement and connected tosaid support to turn about a center substantially at the junction ofsaid acting faces, means tending to hold said movably mounted beatingmember yieldingly toward the rigid beating face, and mean for actuatingthe support to cause the angular edge of a shoe to be beaten by saidfaces substantially as described.

7. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a toolcomprising acting faces located on parts pivoted together in such amanner that the angle which the faces subtend will be varied to suit theangular relationship of the different parts of the work as they areoperated upon by the tool, and means for actuating the tool arranged toapply force to the tool in a direction making substantially equal angleswith each of said acting faces.

8. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a beatingtool for the purpose stated comprising an angularly immovable parthaving an acting face, and a part having a cooperating acting face andwhich is pivoted to the said immovable part about an axis that isparallel to both acting faces and that is at or approximately at thejunction of the said acting faces so that the maximum beating effect maybe localized close to the angle.

9. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, areciprocatory tool having work engaging portions arranged relatively tothe direction of movement of the tool to beat with substantially equaleffect the stock on opposite sides of the bottom edge line of a shoe,said work engaging portions being relatively movable to vary the anglebetween their beating faces, yielding means arranged to insure normallya relatively small angle between said beating faces and to permit saidangle to be increased through engagement of the tool with the work, andmeans for imparting beating movements to the tool.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES FAWOETT BENNION.

Witnesses: I

FREDERICK WILLIAM WORTH, ALBERT ERNEST HUNT.

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